Max Verstappen Ties F1 Legend for Career Victories
In his ascent up Formula One’s all-time wins leaderboard, Max Verstappen has tied one of the sport’s luminaries.
Verstappen won his 41st career race at Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix, moving the Dutch driver into a tie with Brazil’s Ayrton Senna for fifth-most in the series’ history.
The two racing greats trail Great Britain’s Lewis Hamilton (103 wins from 2007–present), Germany’s Michael Schumacher (91 wins from 1991–2006 and 2010–12), Germany’s Sebastian Vettel (53 wins from 2007–2022), and France’s Alain Prost (51 wins from 1980–91 and ’93).
Senna, an icon of Brazilian sports, won three drivers’ championships in 1988, ’90 and ’91. He was killed in a crash at the San Marino Grand Prix in 1994 at the age of 34.
Max Verstappen is chasing history Sunday.
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He can tie Ayrton Senna for 5th on the all-time wins list. pic.twitter.com/LM80oJ21jk
Verstappen has used a dominant season to tie Senna at the age of 25, winning six of eight races in 2023 and four straight. Amazingly, he has led each of the circuit’s last 250 laps between the Miami, Monaco, Spanish and Canadian Grands Prix.
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Max Verstappen has led the last 250 laps in F1. https://t.co/M0hAXyjxSI
Verstappen will have an opportunity to pass Senna and move one win closer to Prost at the Austrian Grand Prix on July 2.